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    China in Africa Policy Brief: China’s preferential trade policy for Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
    While those aspects of China’s foreign policy that concern Africa have received considerable attention, a key dimension — that is, the provisions they make for preferential trade access — has not been the subject of close scrutiny or analysis.
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    The N-11: more than an acronym

    2007
    Late in 2005, Goldman Sachs introduced the concept of the Next Eleven (N-11). The purpose was to identify those countries that could potentially have a BRIC-like impact in rivalling the G7. Their main common ground - and the reason for their selection - was that they were the next set of large-population countries beyond the BRICs.
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    On the wings of eagles: the next emerging giants take flight

    BBVA Research, 2011
    Move over BRICS, Next 11 and CIVETS: The EAGLEs have landed. A new formulation by BBVA research, which conducts economic analyses for the international banking group, reveals a special group of markets that it feels deserves closer investor attention. The author refers to these countries as EAGLEs, which stands for Emerging and Growth-Leading Economies.
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    The BRICS fallacy

    Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2013
    Focus on the BRICS began in 2001. Back then, the group only included Brazil, Russia, India, and China (South Africa was added in 2010). It all started with a November 2001 Goldman Sachs research paper titled ‘‘Building Better Global Economic BRICs,’’ written by Jim O’Neill.
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    The India-Brazil-South Africa Forum a decade on: mismatched partners or the rise of the South?

    Global Economic Governance Programme, University College Oxford, 2013
    Gridlock in the Doha round of international trade negotiations in the WTO since 2001 has led developing countries to pursue different strategies to boost trade and investment among various partners.
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    The economic engagement footprint of rising powers in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of trade, foreign direct investment and aid flows

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
    Rising powers such as Brazil, China, India, South Africa, the Gulf states or Turkey have entered the development arena through their expanding relationships with low-income countries (LICs) . A widespread perception is that these countries are establishing new forms of engagement, mainly under a South–South cooperation framework.
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    An alternative to mercantilism: manufacturing extension services in Latin American and Caribbean countries

    2013
    Within Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) economies, small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) dominate manufacturing, accounting for the vast majority, over 98 percent, of manufacturing firms and about one-third of manufacturing output.
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    The IBSA Dialogue Forum ten years on: examining IBSA cooperation on trade

    Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2013
    The emergence of new forms of South-South cooperation is reflected most notably in the growing importance of South-South trade and investment flows and the increasing prominence of various alliances and coalitions of large developing and emerging economies, such as the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping and the India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA Forum).
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    Casting the net to define the PACER ‘Plus’

    Pacific Institute of Public Policy, 2009
    Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus is a regional economic agreement. This paper figures that the experience of negotiating a trade deal between this bloc and the EU alerted trade officials and civil society groups in the Pacific countries of the need to be better prepared next time around.
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    The importance of trade adjustment support to the Caribbean rum industry

    AgEcon Search, 2012
    The Caribbean is involved in several trade liberalisation processes, including regional integration and bilateral agreements. This article outlines the importance of trade adjustment support to the Caribbean rum industry and how this support aided in the restructuring of the industry.

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